"Elephant" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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大象 dà xiàng elephant / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
象 xiàng elephant / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / shape / form / appearance / to imitate
大笨象 dà bèn xiàng (slang) elephant
象牙 xiàng yá ivory / elephant tusk
象鼻山 Xiàng bí shān Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin, Guangxi
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
合眼摸象 hé yǎn mō xiàng to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom) / to proceed blindly
众盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
人心不足蛇吞象 rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
多瓣蒜 duō bàn suàn Chinese elephant garlic
大文蛤 dà wén gé giant clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4]
女神蛤 nu:3 shén gé geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4]
摸象 mō xiàng to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
象拔蚌 xiàng bá bàng elephant trunk clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America)
象海豹 xiàng hǎi bào elephant seal
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